Coach Road is pretty steep, nice right hander as you come down the hill. Coming up, there's a turn off on the right, takes you down into the valley a bit, hooks over a bridge then starts climbing the other side. Eventually hooks up with the top of Coach via a pretty serious painfest... ever tried that one?

The only problem with Coach Rd is that its residential and its hard to (safely) control your speed. I had no intention of going that fast, but I had my race wheels on which have carbon braking tracks so it wasnt as easy to slow down.

I in no way would condone riding said road (or any others) with only the intention of exceeding the speed limit. We dont want a pissing competition to start here

adelaidecyclist wrote:Check out Tregarthen Rd sometime if you're into the whole frustration thing.

That's where I set my all time fastest speed record of 112.0km/h ! Err I mean 80km/h because that's the speed limit.

A nice little short & steep hill is on I think Sherwood Tce near St Georges/Beaumont. Then get onto Hayward Drv and carry on up the climb to Mt Osmond. Joins up with the old freeway bike track. Climbing from the bike track side isn't too bad either, but once you've got up the first hill it's easier, better to to come from the other side if you want a decent climb I think.

Another one is Ackland Hill - from the city go Unley Rd, get up to Belair, Blackwood, stay on the Main Rd go through Coromandel Valley and Ackland Hill is a left. Nice road surface. Takes you to Cherry Gardens. What I normally do then is take a right into Morgan Rd, left into Scott Creek Rd, then through Ironbank to Longwood Rd which brings you into Stirling, so take Ayers Hill Rd to Crafers then come back down the freeway path.

Instead of heading down the crafers bike, turn left after Ayres Hill Rd and descend down Upper Sturt Rd. Lots of twisty descending parts and easy to maintain a high speed. Then it's a small climb into Belair and then another descent down Belair Rd. All up about 15kms of descending.

rustychisel wrote:Oh, there is undoubtedly a steeper road somewhere, lots of them in fact. Next time you're in the Eastern suburbs ride up Kensington Road, through the Hallett Road roundabout, keep going, through the next roundabout, keep going up... swing right, oh, that's steep

Do you mean this one? I can't make out the gradient on the sign but it looks pretty steep.

Try `www.cycle2max.com or hillclimber.com, both are great websites with heaps of detailed climbs around adelaide and the world. Gives you altitudes, gradients, ans will even work out average watts and vertical metres climbed per minute

elevation and gradient data recorded by a Garmin 705 heading east from Little Para Rd to Forreston Rd.I would suggest you smooth out the data at the 1.6km mark as that is as far as I got and I walked the last 200m

The data on the online sites is not suitable for close examination as it is interpolated data from a grid taken every 90 metres. 90 meters is a long way when on quickly changing terrain.

it is steep very steep i just manage to ride all of it from the forreston side with a few stops but gave up after about 100 m from the kersbrook side. i swear it took me 15 min to walk the remaining like 600 m. very hard but good fun

White, Orbea Aspin, 2009 Red, Pinarello Sestriere, 2000Trek 1500 ultegra gear, 2005given the choice, would you rather share the roads with a woman texting in her four-wheel-drive, a manic truckie, a boy in a grey-import turbo, or a cyclist?

I get concerned about going down the western side. If my speed gets too high my weight (a Clydesdale) means that the brakes might stop me from going faster but they will not slow me down. It is not a hill I enjoy. If I work hard climbing, I like to get my thrills with a good fast and flowing decent.

Clydesdale Scot wrote:means that the brakes might stop me from going faster but they will not slow me down. It is not a hill I enjoy. If I work hard climbing, I like to get my thrills with a good fast and flowing decent.

I think it's Sherbrook Rd in Belair(?) that has a sign on it as 18% I think. Just a short hill, but steep!

My old loop was nice and hilly.

Start at Stirling, go to Crafers BP, turn right up to Mt Lofty Summit Rd, follow to Greenhill Rd. Left and down Greenhill Rd, left at Portrush Rd, Left at Glen Osmond/Freeway, Left at Sunnyside, left at Glynburn, Right at Greenhill Rd, Left at Hallett Rd, Right at Kensington, Left at the shops (forgot rd name), right at Magill, Left at Norton Summit, follow that back to Greenhill Rd, Left on Greenhill Rd, Right on Piccadilly and back to Crafers, Left at Roundabout and around into Stirling. Never had a computer when I rode it so no idea of distance, but a nice hilly ride with great suburban and country scenery.

I've just moved to Melbourne and I live 50m from a road sign that says 22% (Morris Rd, Upwey)!! I just got my bike back together yesterday, but it's not going to be a kind hill just 50m from a cold start!!!